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European patents expire 20 years from their filling date. In your case filling date is 30.01.2002. Interestingly, there is a small discrepancy across the contracting states of the European Patent Office. Some consider the date of filling as being included in the 20-year time span (FR, UK) and some don't (DE) ("What is the term of a European patent?" by M. Snodin, CIPA Journal, July 2016, volume 45(7), p.17). This results in one day difference between the national expiries, I don't think it is important in the majority of cases.